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Now a recreational dive site; USS LST-507 – US Tank landing ship sunk off the south coast of England, now a dive site; HMS M2 – Royal Navy submarine monitor wrecked in Lyme Bay; SS Maine – British ship sunk in 1917 near Dartmouth, Devon. Now a recreational dive site; SS Maloja – UK registered passenger steamship sunk by a mine off Dover
16 to 20 feet (4.9 to 6.1 m) The steam barge ran hard aground on Ford Shoal 4.5 miles (7.2 km) west of Oswego, New York, on August 11, 1919, when smoke from forest fires obscured Oswego Lighthouse. The wreck subsequently broke up in a violent storm and sank. It is listed as a New York State Submerged Cultural Preserve and Dive Site. [6] [11] [12
Professional divers, when diving on a shipwreck, generally refer to the specific task, such as salvage work, accident investigation or archaeological survey. Although most wreck dive sites are at shipwrecks, there is an increasing trend to scuttle retired ships to create artificial reef sites.
On November 26, 1853 while carrying 200 passengers and various supplies, the Albany went aground near Presque Isle, Michigan, and was destroyed by a storm the next day. [2] [3: Not listed Alvin Buckingham: Wooden schooner 1853 1870 8 feet (2.4 m)
List of shipwrecks of Cornwall; List of shipwrecks of Cornwall (19th century) List of shipwrecks of Cornwall (20th century) List of shipwrecks of Cornwall (1861–1870) List of shipwrecks of Cornwall (1881–1890) List of shipwrecks of the Seven Stones Reef; MV Lizzonia; USS LST-6; LT Cortesia
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In The Sea Hunters, Cussler documents the search for nine famous shipwrecks while also offering dramatized imaginings on the events that led up to the loss of the ship. To date, the group's most successful find is the (disputed) discovery of the final resting place of the Confederate submarine Hunley , detailed in Part 6.
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